1 Introduction: The Challenge of Biosecurity in the Twenty-First Century

1 PART I BIOSECURITY AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

2 The Problem of Biological Weapons

23

3 The New World of Biological Weapons Governance

55 PART II BIOSECURITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

4 The Securitization of Public Health

121

5 The New World of Public Health Governance

147 PART III BIOSECURITY, THE RULE OF LAW, AND GLOBALIZED GOVERNANCE

6 Biosecurity and the Rule of Law

187

7 Globalizing Governance: Toward a Global Biosecurity Concert

219

8 Conclusion: The Burden and Opportunity of Biosecurity in the Global Age

257 Annex

1 U.S. Government Select Agent List

263 Annex

2 Geneva Protocol of

1925

267 Annex

3 Biological Weapons Convention of

1972

269 Annex

4 Provisions Connected to Human Rights in the International Health Regulations (2005)

275 List of References

277 Index

295.

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Biosecurity comprehensively analyzes the dramatic transformations that are reshaping how the international community addresses biological weapons and infectious diseases. The book examines the renewed threat from biological weapons, and explores the new world of biological weapons governance. Gostin and Fidler argue that the arms control approach in the Biological Weapons Convention no longer dominates. Other strategies have emerged to challenge the arms control approach, and the book identifies four important policy trends-the criminalization of biological weapons, regulation of the biological sciences, management of the biodefense imperative, and preparation for biological weapons attack. The book also explores the challenges to public health resulting from new security threats. The authors look at the linkages between security and public health policy, both at the national and international level. For instance, Gostin and Fidler scrutinize the difficulty of developing policies that improve defenses against both biological weapons and the threat of infectious diseases from new viral strains. The new worlds of biological weapons and public health governance raise the importance of crafting policy responses informed by the rule of law. Thinking about the rule of law underscores the importance of finding globalized forms of biosecurity governance. The book explores patterns in recent governance initiatives and advocates building a "global biosecurity concert" as a way to address the threats biological weapons and infectious diseases present in the early 21st century. (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity traces the historical development of biological weapons and considers the role of health care professionals, scientists, governments, and international agencies in limiting and managing the effects of new biological weapons. In particular, the strengths and weaknesses of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention are examined, and steps that can be taken to minimize the risk of the proliferation of weapons.This report considers whether new biological weapons, made possible by the mapping of the human genome, could be incorporated into the arsenals of states and terrorist organizations. How might the revolution in biotechnology be used to attack the genetic constitution of a national or ethnic group, or enhance the virulence of organizations hostile to human health? (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Biological Warfare and Scientific Expertise Bacteriological Warfare as a Public Health Threat Hankey's Step Further The Growth of Biological Warfare Research Project Red Admiral Trials for Biological Warfare The Drift of Biological Weapons Policy A New Threat Making Threats Appendix Outline Chronology Bibliography Index.

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From fear of sabotage on the London Underground to the first anthrax bomb and massive outdoor tests, this book tells the largely untold history of biological weapons research and policy in the UK. Drawing on recently declassified documents, it charts the secret history of germ warfare policy from the 1930s to the mid 1960s, exploring the role of independent advisors in shaping one of the most significant biological warfare research programmes in history. (source: Nielsen Book Data)